For some reason Eintracht gets underrated by the bookmakers from week to week, when in fact they’ve been one of the most in-form and consistently strong teams in the Bundesliga for months now.

After a slow start under newly assigned manager Oliver Glasner (joined Frankfurt from Wolfsburg in summer), Eintracht could not find the rhythm for many rounds, mostly drawing and losing their games. But then something clicked and the team stormed up the table to move within 4 points from the Champions League zone. Glasner has a successful experience with Wolfsburg, whom he took into the prestigious tournament last season against a lot of expectations.

Frankfurt had struggled in the opening rounds of 2022, but mainly due to short-term local COVID issues, which, in particular, affected their key players - Kostic and goalkeeper Trapp.

Both were out of the 0-0 draw away to Augsburg.

News from Germany suggest Kostic (3 goals and 7 assists) and Trapp will be starting on Friday evening vs. Arminia. That being said, hosts are ready to use their best XI.

Arminia remains in the relegation zone despite delivering their best run of results - 2 wins and 2 draws. They have allowed the Bielefeld club to leapfrog Stuttgart, but they still remain one of the main contenders to drop into Bundesliga2. It will be really hard for manager Frank Kramer to keep this low quality squad in the elite division.

This is why I also find the pick on home win appealing - Arminia’s good run has stretched too far and a U-turn is inevitably going to come sooner or later.

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由于某些原因，比勒费每周都被低估，而事实上，他们已经是德甲几个月来状态最好、实力最强的球队之一。

在新上任的主教练奥利弗·格拉斯纳(夏天从沃尔夫斯堡加盟法兰克福)的带领下，比勒费在开局上表现不佳，之后的许多轮比赛中，比勒费都找不到节奏，大部分比赛都是平局或输球。但随后发生了一些事情，球队猛冲到积分榜上，离欧冠分区仅差4分。格拉斯纳在沃尔夫斯堡有过成功的经验，上赛季他带领球队在众望所及的情况下进入了这一久负盛名的联赛。

法兰克福在2022年世界杯的前几轮比赛中表现不佳，但这主要是由于当地短期的新冠肺炎问题，这尤其影响了他们的关键球员科斯蒂克和守门员特拉普。

两人都在0:0战平奥格斯堡的比赛中出局。

来自德国的消息显示，科斯蒂奇(3球7助攻)和特拉普将在周五晚上对阵阿米尼亚的比赛中首发出场。也就是说，东道主已经准备好使用他们最好的11人。

尽管阿米尼亚取得了他们最好的成绩——2胜2平，但他们仍然在降级区。他们让比勒菲尔德俱乐部超越了斯图加特，但他们仍然是德甲联赛的主要竞争者之一。对于主教练弗兰克-克雷默来说，要把这支低质量的球队留在精英队伍中是非常困难的。

这就是为什么我也觉得主场获胜的选择很有吸引力——阿米尼亚的良好表现已经延伸得太远了，一个180度大转弯迟早是不可避免的。